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madokie

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11. You can not act on evidence obtained by torture

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:36 PM

Apr 2012

or I should say sane people won't believe information obtained by torture as anything except to stop the torture. Not many people will not talk when tortured and the ones who do will say anything they think you want to know.

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Poll: Do you think this guy that the CIA tortured really did all these things he confessed to? [View all] NNN0LHI Apr 2012 OP

I think he is padding his resume quite a bit... Kalidurga Apr 2012 #1

It's been stated by many experts that torture does not work, the victim will tell you what you teddy51 Apr 2012 #2

That list is not complete Cirque du So-What Apr 2012 #3

He DEFINITELY Aerows Apr 2012 #6

lol! n/t lordsummerisle Apr 2012 #7

LOL! Dawson Leery Apr 2012 #9

You forgot who killed Cock Robin! countryjake Apr 2012 #15

He was merely a waterboarding away Cirque du So-What Apr 2012 #20

If I were being tortured, I'd confess to those things too n/t arcane1 Apr 2012 #4

Wouldn't even need to get to the torture part for me NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #5

You & me, both! countryjake Apr 2012 #16

I refuse, on principle, to believe or accept information gained under torture. That's collaboration saras Apr 2012 #8

Channeling my inner Nixon: "When the U.S. does it, it's coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #10

My inner Nixon is 100% Mojo saras Apr 2012 #13

You can not act on evidence obtained by torture madokie Apr 2012 #11

he very well could have sarisataka Apr 2012 #12

You forgot the Lindbergh kidnapping eridani Apr 2012 #14

And poor Chandra Levy, too... countryjake Apr 2012 #17

They did in fact. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #19

And Jack the Ripper Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2012 #18

Hell, if I was being tortured I'd confess to fucking Karl Rove. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #21